Acting
Strother Martin
Acting · Born 1919-03-26 · Kokomo, Indiana, USA
Strother Martin (March 26, 1919 – August 1, 1980) was an American actor in numerous films and television programs. Martin is perhaps best known as the prison "captain" in the 1967 film Cool Hand Luke, where he uttered the line, "What we've got here is...failure to communicate."
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FilmSam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004 · Self (archive footage)
FilmHotwire
1980 · The Weasel
FilmThe Secret of Nikola Tesla
1980 · George Westinghouse
FilmBetter Late Than Never
1979 · J.D. Ashcroft
FilmThe Villain
1979 · Parody Jones
FilmThe Champ
1979 · Riley
FilmNightwing
1979 · Selwyn
FilmLove and Bullets
1979 · Louis Monk
FilmStubby Pringle's Christmas
1978 · Old Hollander
FilmSteel Cowboy
1978 · Pinky Pincus
FilmSteve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy
1978 · Turtle Ranch Boss
Vega$
1978
FilmUp in Smoke
1978 · Mr. Stoner
FilmThe End
1978 · Dr. Waldo Kling
FilmSlap Shot
1977 · Joe McGrath
FilmThe Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday
1976 · Billy
FilmRooster Cogburn
1975 · Shanghai McCoy
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Self - Host
FilmHard Times
1975 · Poe
FilmOne of Our Own
1975 · LeRoy Atkins
FilmMitzi & 100 Guys
1975 · Self
Baretta
1975
The Rockford Files
1974 · Thomas Tyler 'T.T.' Flowers
Movin' On
1974
Paper Moon
1974
Petrocelli
1974 · Clate Dobie
FilmSssssss
1973 · Dr. Carl Stoner
Hawkins
1973 · R.J. Hawkins
The Rookies
1972
FilmPocket Money
1972 · Bill Garrett
FilmHannie Caulder
1971 · Rufus Clemens
Nichols
1971 · Zachariah
FilmFools' Parade
1971 · Lee Cottrill
FilmThe Brotherhood of Satan
1971 · Doc Duncan
FilmRed Sky at Morning
1971 · John Cloyd
FilmThe Ballad of Cable Hogue
1970 · Bowen
Love, American Style
1969
FilmButch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
1969 · Percy Garris
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969 · Terry Riggs
FilmThe Wild Bunch
1969 · Coffer
FilmTrue Grit
1969 · Colonel G. Stonehill
The Doris Day Show
1968 · Tyrone Lovey
The Name of the Game
1968 · Nanyface
It Takes a Thief
1968 · Willard Knox
FilmCool Hand Luke
1967 · Captain
The Danny Thomas Hour
1967 · Paul Rooney
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967
He & She
1967 · The Rev. Mr. Anderson
FilmThe Flim-Flam Man
1967 · Lovick
The Invaders
1967 · Charlie Coogan
Tarzan
1966
FilmNevada Smith
1966 · Strother (uncredited)
FilmAn Eye for an Eye
1966 · Trumbull
FilmHarper
1966 · Claude
Lost in Space
1965 · Nerim
The Big Valley
1965 · Dan'l Hawks
Run for Your Life
1965 · Holly Amberton
The Legend of Jesse James
1965 · Meeker
FilmThe Sons of Katie Elder
1965 · Ned Ross
FilmShenandoah
1965 · Train Engineer
FilmBrainstorm
1965 · Mr. Clyde
Profiles in Courage
Profiles in Courage
1964 · Senator James Wadsworth
FilmInvitation to a Gunfighter
1964 · Fiddler
Gilligan's Island
1964
Daniel Boone
1964 · Solomon Tarbot
FilmMcLintock!
1963 · Agard
The Fugitive
1963 · Deputy Shirky Saulter
The Lieutenant
1963 · Taxi Driver
FilmShowdown
1963 · Charlie Reeder
The Dakotas
1963
Stoney Burke
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
The Virginian
1962 · Finley
FilmThe Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962 · Floyd
The New Breed
1961 · Benny Kohler
The Dick Van Dyke Show
1961 · Harper Worthington Yates
Ben Casey
1961 · Frank Geray
FilmThe Deadly Companions
1961 · Parson
FilmSanctuary
1961 · Dog Boy
Pete and Gladys
1960
The Rebel
1959 · Jess
Hotel de Paree
Hotel de Paree
1959
The Twilight Zone
1959 · Mothershed
Bonanza
1959 · Lonnie Stern
FilmThe Horse Soldiers
1959 · Virgil
FilmThe Wild and the Innocent
1959 · Ben Stocker
FilmThe Shaggy Dog
1959 · Thurm
Black Saddle
1959 · Pit Thatcher
Rawhide
1959 · Bates
77 Sunset Strip
1958 · Charles Sloane
Lawman
1958
The Texan
1958 · Polk Blackston
FilmBitter Heritage
1958 · Earle Eheeler
Jefferson Drum
Jefferson Drum
1958 · Pete Henke
FilmCowboy
1958 · Trailhand Bitten by Rattlesnake
Trackdown
1957 · Benny French
Perry Mason
1957 · Pete Gibson
FilmBlack Patch
1957 · Petey
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957 · Carew
FilmCopper Sky
1957 · Pokey
Panic!
1957
FilmThe Black Whip
1956 · Thorny
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956 · Joby
Broken Arrow
Broken Arrow
1956 · Renton
FilmAttack
1956 · Ingersol
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
FilmJohnny Concho
1956 · Townsman (uncredited)
Telephone Time
1956
FilmWorld Without End
1956 · Nihka (uncredited)
FilmTarget Zero
1955 · Pvt. Dan O'Hirons
Matinee Theater
1955
FilmThe Big Knife
1955 · Stillman
Crossroads
1955 · Landry Kersh
Navy Log
1955
Gunsmoke
1955 · Mr. Stooler
FilmKiss Me Deadly
1955 · Harvey Wallace
FilmStrategic Air Command
1955 · Airman
The Millionaire
1955 · Pete Hill
FilmThe Silver Chalice
1954 · Father (uncredited)
FilmDrum Beat
1954 · Scotty
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954 · Buckshot
FilmA Star Is Born
1954 · Delivery Boy (uncredited)
Studio 57
1954 · Pete Dutton
Lassie
1954
The Lone Wolf
1954 · Nick Davis
FilmWorld for Ransom
1954
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
1953 · Waiter
FilmSouth Sea Woman
1953 · Marine in Audience at Court-martial (uncredited)
FilmThe Magnetic Monster
1953 · Co-Pilot
General Electric Theater
1953 · Gunnery Officer Daly
FilmAndrocles and the Lion
1952 · Soldier (uncredited)
Cavalcade of America
1952 · Wilkins
Four Star Playhouse
1952 · Tom Blair
FilmStorm Over Tibet
1952 · Co-pilot
Chevron Theatre
Chevron Theatre
1952
Dangerous Assignment
1952
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Old Hollander
Dragnet
1951
I Love Lucy
1951 · Man in Coffee Shop
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · Bellhop
FilmThe Red Badge of Courage
1951 · Corporal (voice) (uncredited)
FilmRhubarb
1951 · Michael 'Shorty' McGirk (uncredited)
FilmThe Damned Don't Cry
1950 · Springboard Diver (uncredited)
FilmThe Asphalt Jungle
1950 · William Doldy (uncredited)